E3 2009 Interview: Assassin's Creed II

I'm not crazy about what they're taking away and what they're adding.  I thought the investigation part in AC1 was a great idea, it just needed a few more mission types and the assassination itself should have been much harder without the clues gained.  You could go through the entire first game without realising those clues even existed (the letters, patrol routes, weak spots etc.), it was too easy to just ignore it and steamroll right through the guards.  Because the 'reward' wasn't necessary, the investigation was like grinding when you've already hit the level cap.

It looks great, but I was hoping for AC1 style gameplay with a totally different character - not Altair Mk. 2 with more linear gameplay.

Great!

Brad you're on fire mate. Good questions in every interview i've watched today.

Great interview, I got a better look at the game with this chat.

Great interview, very informative.

When Patrice said it was coming this holiday for PS3, 360 and PC, I assume that means it will be a simultaneous release on all platforms? I ask because the PC version of Assassin's Creed didn't come out until April 08.

Now I REALLY can't wait for AC2.

That flying machine looks SWEET! Glad they fixed all the crap from the first.

Where is Jade?

Exciting stuff, AC2 is shaping up to be everything the first the game should have been.

Wow.. 100-200 mission per city? That number itself is a huge turn off.. shows how the game will be structured. I hope its not that tiring.

He is the same person who was behinds the last gen PoP game.. I cant understand how his way of thinking/making games has changed so dynamically in these years! Well.. its good in a way I guess. expanding the ideas.

I really hope for the best for this game

i've got high hopes for this game

Very cool additions. I'm really excited for this game again, even though I was really skeptical after what AC1 did with people's expectations.